After Mulder’s disappearance, Scully returns to FBI headquarters to find Special Agent John Doggett heading up a FBI manhunt for her partner. Knowing that type of search will prove futile, Scully and Skinner turn to the Lone Gunmen in hopes of uncovering information about additional UFO activity around the time of Mulder’s disappearance. Although such information leads them to Gibson Praise, the man with Gibson, a man who appears to be Mulder, is in fact an alien bounty hunter. Finally realizing that Mulder will not be found so easily, Agent Doggett is officially assigned to the X-Files. Now, after all she has been through with Mulder, it is Scully who is “the believer” and who must find a way to work with “the skeptic,” John Doggett.
Cast
David Duchovny
Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson
Dana Scully
Robert Patrick
John Doggett
Annabeth Gish
Monica Reyes
Mitch Pileggi
Walter Skinner
Guy Torry
Shorty
Roy Thinnes
Jeremiah Smith
Noel Gugliemi
Gangbanger #1
Michael Welch
Trevor
Jennifer Hammon
ICU Nurse
Lee Reherman
Yuri Volkoff
Lawrence Pressman
Mr. Milsap
Colton James
Josh Underwood
Ken Jenkins
Deputy Chief Karras
Arye Gross
Dr. Tom Puvogel
Natalie Radford
Marie Hangemuhl
Gene Dynarski
Ernie Stefaniuk
Cynthia Martells
District Attorney Carter
William O'Leary
Gas Station Man
Kim Greist
Lisa Underwood
Zach Grenier
Dr. Herman Stites
Dan Desmond
Harry Odell
Caroline Lagerfelt
Rustic Woman
James Franco
Officer #2
Casey Biggs
Saksa
Penny Johnson Jerald
Dr. Hellura Lyle
Caitlin Fein
Mia Dukes
Jolie Jenkins
FBI Agent Leyla Harrison
Bellamy Young
Attorney Janet Wilson
Dan Leegant
Myron Stefaniuk
Wade Williams
Ray Pearce
Karl T. Wright
First Associate
M.C. Gainey
Bo Taylor
Maggie Baird
Sharon Pearl
Rusty Schwimmer
Driver
Sarah Koskoff
Theresa Nemman
Judith Scott
Dr. Kai Bowe
Jordan Warkol
Quinton
Kellie Waymire
Tammi Peyton
Bradford English
Detective Abbott
Rodney Eastman
Ronald Purnell
Michael Bowen
Dwight Cooper
Maura Soden
Trevor's Mother
Jay Underwood
Jeb Dukes
Mary Kathleen Gordon
Woman
Conor O'Farrell
Sheriff Ciolino
Danny Trejo
Cesar Ocampo
Jennifer Parsons
Nora Pearce
Judson Scott
Absalom
Brian Thompson
Alien Bounty Hunter
David Barry Gray
Hank Gulatarski
Tamara Clatterbuck
Larina Jackson
Vyto Ruginis
Lt. Bianco
Frances Fisher
Lizzy Gill
Deep Roy
Beggar Man
Eve Brenner
Mrs. McKesson
Bruce Wright
Gary Garber
Keith Szarabajka
Anthony Tipet
Patrick Kilpatrick
Randall Cooper
Erich Anderson
Doug Underwood
Joe Morton
Martin Wells
Zachary Ansley
Billy Miles
Miguel Sandoval
Martin Ortega
Todd Jeffries
Lead Agent Mayfield
Tony Ketcham
Gary Sacks
Gregory Cruz
Diego Garza
Kenneth Meseroll
Owen Harris
Annie O'Donnell
Elderly Woman
Andy Hubbell
Quinton's Father
Sal Landi
Agent Landau
Joanna Sanchez
Trina Galvez
Saxon Trainor
Mary Hendershot
Luis Villalta
Simon de la Cruz
Kirk B.R. Woller
Agent Gene Crane
Christopher Hutson
Mr. Burrard
Bernard White
Dr. Desai
Grant Heslov
Andre Bormanis
Jim Cody Williams
Cal Jeppy
Bryan Dilbeck
Disabled Man
Ty Upshaw
Officer #1
Dayna Beilenson
Roberta Toews
Scott MacDonald
Curt Delario
Steven Anderson
Dr. James Parenti
Gary Bullock
Tall George
Jack Shearer
Judge Kinberg
Randy Walker
SWAT Cop
Bill Jacobson
Thug
Bill Dow
Charles Burks
Sheila Shaw
Marcia Purnell
Ron Canada
Det. Franklin Potter
Calvin Remsberg
Mr. Potocki
Megan Follows
Kath McCready
Jordan Marder
Creature
Joe Sabatino
Captain Triguero
Adam Baldwin
Knowle Rohrer
John McGonegle
Uniformed Cop
Gary Bristow
Howard Salt
Bryan Rasmussen
Sheriff's Deputy
Dale Dickey
Game Warden
Leslie Sachs
Lisa's Friend
Greg Boniface
Gangbanger #2
Lee Duncan
Al Cawdry
Kevin C. Loomis
Chef
Colleen Quinn
Owen's Wife
Dondré Whitfield
Agent
Justin Williams
Paul Hangemuhl
Wendy Gazelle
Katha Dukes
Christine Firkins
Thea Sprecher
David Purdham
Dr. Lev
Jeff Gulka
Gibson Andrew Praise
Barry Cullison
Sheriff Sanchez
Chris Jacobs
E.R. Doctor
Cheryl Francis Harrington
E.R. Nurse
J. Patrick McCormack
Brent Tufeld
Steve Wilcox
Ed Dell
Reece Morgan
Owen Harris' Little Boy
Mimi Savage
Teacher
Gibby Brand
Arthur Gaffin
Diana Castle
Delivery Nurse
Joe Basile
Lead Guard
Denise Crosby
Dr. Mary Speake
Steve Stapenhorst
Principal
Jack Forbes
Ray's Double
Devlin Elliott
Pizza Delivery Man
Rich Marotta
Hockey Announcer
Austin Tichenor
Dr. James Langenhahn
Larry Dorf
Pathology Assistant
Elizabeth Cheap
Second Nurse
Roger Hewlett
Tall Guard
Roz Witt
Night Nurse
Jacob Franchek
Red-Headed Kid
Ric Sarabia
Prison Trustee
Marc Gomes
Agent Danny Mosley
Lawrence Le John
Angus Stedman
Randy Ross
Nike Man
Richard McGonagle
Dr. Francis Orovetz
Winston Story
Bellboy
Dwight Hicks
Prison Armed Guard
Christopher Stanley
Agent Farah
Veronica Brown
Payphone Woman
Victoria Gallegos
Receptionist
Karon Kearney
2nd Woman Party-Goer
Shane Sinutko
Lead Cop
Jake Fritz
Luke Doggett
Jerry Shiban
Scully's Baby
J.C. Murad
Intercom Guard
Wayne A. King
Homeless Man
Kiran Rao
Customs Agent
Nelson Mashita
Dr. Lim
Jonathan Palmer
Principal
Mary Ostrow
Nurse
Alexandra Margulies
Second Associate
James Howell
Homicide Detective
Tony Adelman
Trevor's Father
Louise Melilli
Distraught Woman
Brien Blakely
Reporter
David Doty
Minister
Jo-Ann Dean
Secretary
Judd Trichter
Richie
Derick Alexander
Bailiff
Mary Wickliffe
Nurse
Larry Rippenkroeger
Deckhand
Anne-Marie Johnson
Vicky Wells (uncredited)
Jennifer Griffin
Dr. Miryum
Jane Daly
Mrs. Holt
Michael McGrady
Sheriff Kurt Frey
Amanda Fein
Mia Dukes
Kayla Henry
Haley Wells
Lisa Kaseman
Pathology Assistant
James Otis
Arlen Sacks
James Pickens Jr.
Alvin Kersh
Kevin McClatchy
James Leeds
Sheila Larken
Margaret Scully
Marty Zagon
Mr. Coeben
Wayne Alexander
Senior Agent
Brent Sexton
Steven Melnick
Kevin Graves
Kid
Christopher Graves
Kid
Eddie Kaye Thomas
Gary Edward Cory
Jay Caputo
Salamander Man
Jay Acovone
Duffy Haskell
Arlene Pileggi
1st Woman Party-Goer
Thomas R. Martin
Pathology Assistant
Bruce Harwood
John Fitzgerald Byers
Dean Haglund
Richard 'Ringo' Langly
Tom Braidwood
Melvin Frohike
Nicholas Lea
Alex Krycek
Kyle Pepi
Billy Underwood
Ryan Pepi
Billy Underwood
Tom Jourden
Carlton Chase
Episodes
Within (1)
Newly appointed Deputy Director Kersh organizes a manhunt for Mulder and assigns Agent John Doggett to head the team. Scully and Skinner go along with the investigation but are warned by Kersh that they will be fired if anything is said about aliens. Scully, along with the Lone Gunmen, surmise that the Bounty Hunter is trying to erase all evidence of abductions, and they realize that he may be going after Gibson Praise, who is now living at a school in Arizona. Agent Doggett comes to the same conclusion and his team race Scully and Skinner to the school where they find Mulder trying to kidnap Gibson.
Without (2)
As the search for Mulder intensifies in the Arizona desert, Gibson Praise leads Scully to believe that she is truly closer to her target. Meanwhile, A.D. Kersh informs Agent Doggett that he has been assigned as Mulder's successor on the X-Files.
Patience
While tackling his first X-File case about a series of gruesome murders surrounding a bat-like creature, Doggett quickly learns that his investigative techniques are somewhat dissimilar to Scully's.
Roadrunners
Scully evades Doggett's help in investigating a vicious murder in a remote area of Utah, and she is trapped in the small town by a religious cult that believe a slug-like creature is the second coming of God who needs a human host to survive.
Invocation
In 1990 a little boy inexplicably disappeared from his crowded school playground and was never seen again until now, ten years later, and he hasn't aged a day.
Redrum
A prominent lawyer wakes to find himself in jail and about to be prosecuted for the murder of his wife. He has no memory of this event however, and when the days begin to regress backward towards the murder, he realizes that he has been given a second chance.
Via Negativa
Working without Scully's input, Doggett and Skinner try to stop the mysterious murder spree of a drug-induced religious cult leader, and it becomes clear that the man can enter the dreams of the people he knows and can kill them in their sleep.
Surekill
When a real estate agent is shot inside a prison cell by someone who apparently fired from the roof, Scully and Doggett track him to two exterminators, one of whom has x-ray vision.
Salvage
A man whose blood is rapidly changing into metal alloy enacts revenge on those who caused his condition.
Badlaa
An Indian mystic whose son died in a chemical plant accident smuggles himself into the United States and takes his revenge on two families in suburban Washington, D.C.
The Gift
Doggett comes upon an old case that Mulder kept secret from Scully and he follows up the investigation, hoping to find a possible connection to Mulder's disappearance.
Medusa
Scully and Doggett must race against the clock to investigate and fight off a contagion lurking in the subway tunnels of Boston.
Per Manum
When Scully and Doggett are contacted by a man who claims his wife was murdered shortly after giving birth to an alien baby, Scully digs deeper into reports of alien fertilization on humans, and she begins to question her own pregnancy and its conception.
This Is Not Happening (1)
When Teresa Hoese (the woman Scully and Mulder met the previous spring in Oregon just before Mulder was abducted) is found in a desert after enduring alien testing, Doggett alerts Scully that this could have something to do with Mulder and his whereabouts. Skinner joins them and they travel to the hospital where Teresa is clinging to life by a thread, and Scully realizes that this is exactly what's going on with Mulder.
Deadalive (2)
Shortly after Mulder is buried, Billy Miles is found very dead, but he somehow comes back to life. Skinner and Scully put all their hopes into digging up Mulder and discovering that he too, is still alive. As Mulder lies in the hospital without indication that he is going to fully recover, Krycek comes to Skinner and offers him a vaccine to the virus that has infected Mulder, but the cost of the vaccine is that Skinner has to kill Scully's unborn child.
Three Words
Mulder's request for reassignment to the X-Files is denied by Kersh, who hopes that Mulder will simply quit the FBI. When a census worker is killed on the White House lawn trying to get information to the President, Mulder gets in over his head trying to discover what the man knew.
Empedocles
Special Agent Reyes enlists Mulder's help in investigating a supernatural killer's connection to the unsolved murder of Agent Doggett's son, Luke.
Vienen
Mulder and Doggett are reluctantly thrown together to investigate several deaths aboard an oil rig, and Mulder becomes convinced that the rig is really carrying the black oil alien.
Alone
While Scully takes maternity leave, Doggett is partnered with a young agent who is fascinated with the X-Files and has followed Mulder and Scully's careers. She and Doggett investigate the death of an old man and the disappearance of his son, but when they disappear as well Mulder heads out to search for them.
Essence (1)
Mulder and Doggett join forces to investigate the arson attack on a genetics lab where one of the doctors suspected of experimenting with alien impregnation is killed. They encounter Billy Miles, who has been changed into an alien replicant after his recent abduction and is attempting to erase evidence of the tests. When a woman helping Scully out at home is found to be a part of the conspiracy, the agents, along with Monica Reyes and Alex Krycek, know they must protect Scully and her baby from Billy Miles and get her out of the city.
Existence (2)
Mulder, Doggett and Skinner attempt to fight off the alien replicants, and they find a connection to the conspiracy that leads into the FBI while Reyes and Scully head to a remote farm to safeguard the birth of Scully's child.
The X-Files Ratings
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